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Duane W. Acklie*

2020 Charity Award Recipient

QUOTE:
There is only one community foundation, that being the Lincoln Community Foundation. 

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 
Crete Carrier Corp., Shaffer Trucking Co., and Hunt Transportation, Chairman, Lincoln, NE, 1971-present
Bank First, Chairman, Norfolk, NE, 1970-present
Senior Advisor and Delegate to the General Assembly of the United Nations, 2005
Acklie and Peterson Law Firm, Partner, 1968-1971
Nelson, Harding and Acklie Law Firm, Partner, 1957-1967
University of Nebraska College of Law, Lincoln, NE; University of Denver College of Law, Denver, CO; and University of Georgia, Athens, GA; Administrative Law and Transportation, Guest Lecturer
Advisor to former Secretary of Transportation, Claude Brinegar

EDUCATION:
University of Nebraska, J.D., Lincoln, NE, 1959
University of Nebraska, L.L.B., Lincoln, NE, 1955
University of Nebraska, Bachelor of Science, Lincoln, NE 1953
Norfolk Junior College, Associate Degree, Norfolk, NE, 1951
Madison High School, Madison, NE, 1949

PERSONAL:
Wife: Phyllis (Osborn)
Children: Dodie (deceased), Laura, Holly

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